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- Apr 4, 2021
It's not just troons.It cracks me up when troons convince themselves that fictional characters are gay or trans with absolutely zero evidence. They do the same thing with historical figures though, so I guess it's not surprising.
I'm a big Supernatural fan.
But I came to the show super late, in season 12 I think. I'd been aware of it from the beginning and wanted to watch it but since I'm not a big TV person I just...didn't.
Anyway, that PL is to establish that I was familiar with the show enough to be aware of the characters and some of the fandom.
The fandom decided that Dean and the angel Cas were hot for each other. It was established fanon that they were a couple. They swore up and down that there was chemistry and obvious subtext throughout the whole show ever since Cas was introduced in season four.
If you don't watch the show you won't know this, but Dean is a horndog. For women. It's a huge plot point in the earlier seasons when things were still lighter and fluffier.
I thought having a bi relationship on TV was great, even if it wasn't official. I was told over and over that it was "all but official", so when I started watching I was super excited.
But nothing. I saw a close friendship between two men, the kind where there's love; but of the platonic, familial sort - which makes sense because family is a huge plot point in the show.
But the fans persisted. They drew the actors into the debate. Jensen Ackles, who played Dean, was team Best Friends. Misha Collins, who played Cas, was team Destial (their fan name).
The show apparently tried to throw the fans a bone in the next to last episode when they had Cas tearfully confess his love to Dean, and then he died before Dean could say anything back. Fans emotions were mixed, many were pissed because it was right at the last second like that and not able to be reprocicated by Dean. Frankly, that was the best outcome from my perspective, but no1curr.
But I came to the show super late, in season 12 I think. I'd been aware of it from the beginning and wanted to watch it but since I'm not a big TV person I just...didn't.
Anyway, that PL is to establish that I was familiar with the show enough to be aware of the characters and some of the fandom.
The fandom decided that Dean and the angel Cas were hot for each other. It was established fanon that they were a couple. They swore up and down that there was chemistry and obvious subtext throughout the whole show ever since Cas was introduced in season four.
If you don't watch the show you won't know this, but Dean is a horndog. For women. It's a huge plot point in the earlier seasons when things were still lighter and fluffier.
I thought having a bi relationship on TV was great, even if it wasn't official. I was told over and over that it was "all but official", so when I started watching I was super excited.
But nothing. I saw a close friendship between two men, the kind where there's love; but of the platonic, familial sort - which makes sense because family is a huge plot point in the show.
But the fans persisted. They drew the actors into the debate. Jensen Ackles, who played Dean, was team Best Friends. Misha Collins, who played Cas, was team Destial (their fan name).
The show apparently tried to throw the fans a bone in the next to last episode when they had Cas tearfully confess his love to Dean, and then he died before Dean could say anything back. Fans emotions were mixed, many were pissed because it was right at the last second like that and not able to be reprocicated by Dean. Frankly, that was the best outcome from my perspective, but no1curr.
I told you that was autistic.
TL;DR
The demographic for Supernatural was 40-25 year old women, because of the ages of the actors (Jensen was 26 when it started in 2005 and 41 when it ended) and the fact that the cast was primarily hot, buff men. I know there are troons and genderspecials in the fandom, it was the most popular show on the cw and the longest running sifi show ever, but most of us are generic, probably straight white women. Yet too many were convinced there was totally a gay couple that wasn't there.
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